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. >> susie: with all the slings and arrows on capitol hill this week abt the fiscal cliff, americans are finding little to laugh at. and tonight that's got lou thinking about having a sense of humor. here's author and educator lou heckler. >> because i use a lot of humorous stories in the speeches i give, i am often asked: what if you don't have much of a sense of humor? i think we all have the capability to enjoy humor. i also know lots of things get in the way: stressful and exacting jobs, maybe health problems you have or someone close to you has. those are real and they can be barriers. that said, i can't think of anything that keeps life in perspective more than cultivating and usina sense of humor. i remember my mother and dad saying this about someone they admired: he's cool, calm, and collected. i think those three apply to well-placed humor, too. cool brings a burst of fresh air into situations that can get overheated. calm: it's hard to be funny and angry at the same time. if you are both, that's sarcasm. collected: the shortest distance between two people is a smile. we co
. >> susie: with all the slings and arrows on capitol hill this week abt the fiscal cliff, americans are finding little to laugh at. and tonight that's got lou thinking about having a sense of humor. here's author and educator lou heckler. >> because i use a lot of humorous stories in the speeches i give, i am often asked: what if you don't have much of a sense of humor? i think we all have the capability to enjoy humor. i also know lots of things get in the way: stressful and...
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in this case of the fiscal cliff, no deal is the worst deal possible for the american people. we passed the time when we're going to -- before tonight, negotiate the comprehensive, bipartisan debt-reduction agreement that our country desperately needs. the least we can do is protect the constituents who were good enough to send us here from the worst possible result, which is that we let the country go over the cliff, we -- we prove that to everybody, including people around the world who depend on american strength and watch us, that our political system has become absolutely dysfunctional. so i hope the negotiations going on now end with an agreement and i hope that we will pass it with a bipartisan majority, strong bipartisan majority in the senate and the house. and i certainly will support it from all that i hear about it myself. i thank the chair, and i yield the floor. mr. lieberman: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: first of all, i want to ac
in this case of the fiscal cliff, no deal is the worst deal possible for the american people. we passed the time when we're going to -- before tonight, negotiate the comprehensive, bipartisan debt-reduction agreement that our country desperately needs. the least we can do is protect the constituents who were good enough to send us here from the worst possible result, which is that we let the country go over the cliff, we -- we prove that to everybody, including people around the world who...
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, the fiscal cliff. we reach that cliff you can the brink in just two days. about two hours ago, negotiators hit two major snags, one over social security and the other over tax hikes, who should get them. bring in contributor nor "newsweek" and the daily beast and cnn contributor, john avlon, for his opinion on what is happening in washington. how significant is it that we are a half a day or day and a half, i guess, away from this cliff and there's no agreement? >> it's hugely significant. the countdown is on. the clock is ticking, literally, to the fiscal cliff. and as others have noted today, we have known about this cliff for 500 days. this is the world's most anticipatable political and economic problem. congress set this time bomb, now they are scrambling to defuse it before it goes off and threatens to take our economic recovery as a country and kick us back into recession. the fact this is happening in last-minute negotiations and great knew as dana bash reported that joe biden and mitch mcconne
, the fiscal cliff. we reach that cliff you can the brink in just two days. about two hours ago, negotiators hit two major snags, one over social security and the other over tax hikes, who should get them. bring in contributor nor "newsweek" and the daily beast and cnn contributor, john avlon, for his opinion on what is happening in washington. how significant is it that we are a half a day or day and a half, i guess, away from this cliff and there's no agreement? >> it's hugely...
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from going over the fiscal cliff. with time running out, we've learned of a major setback between republican and democratic lawmakers. we want to bring in candy crowley in washington, anchor of "the state of the union." i know you had a busy morning, talking to eight lawmakers and they couldn't agree onning they, could they? >> they couldn't. we had one panel, two republicans, two democrats from both the house and the senate. and even to get them to talk about whether something was going to pass or not, produced a sort of policy dispute on who had offered spending cuts, who hadn't offered spending cuts. you know, who should pay more in their tax rate, et cetera, et cetera. so it was a pretty good indication of why they haven't been able to get a deal so far. i have to tell you this was prior to the latest setback as it's being called. there was some optimism. saying most people will keep their tax rates, they shouldn't worry about it. what there was a difference of opinion on, was weather that would happen before the
from going over the fiscal cliff. with time running out, we've learned of a major setback between republican and democratic lawmakers. we want to bring in candy crowley in washington, anchor of "the state of the union." i know you had a busy morning, talking to eight lawmakers and they couldn't agree onning they, could they? >> they couldn't. we had one panel, two republicans, two democrats from both the house and the senate. and even to get them to talk about whether something...
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that is a fiscal cliff area. >> closed american bond fundsaee leveraged and we think the dividends are going to be cut and there is a risk we would just avoid them. >> do you own any of theserecom? >> for our discretionaryaccounte closed end accounts and the herzfeld caribbean accounts olds all of the those we spoke of. >> susie: thank you very much tom. or our market monitor tomorrow herzfeld. ming up ononday on "n.b.r." wll bmoniringhoseiscal cliff negotiations, and we'll have news and analysis. we'll also a look back at the year in stocks, and s&p's sam stovall joins us to pre-view what's next for the markets in the year ahead. it could be one of the biggest trends in business next year: companies setting aside time for their employees to play. ruben ramirez explains. >> reporter: it may be hard to remember those hot summer days on the playground. the freedom to let your mind wander. how times have changed. as companies slashed jobs during the great recession worker productivity surged, today, many people are doing the job multiple people once did. >> i think our culture has gone in
that is a fiscal cliff area. >> closed american bond fundsaee leveraged and we think the dividends are going to be cut and there is a risk we would just avoid them. >> do you own any of theserecom? >> for our discretionaryaccounte closed end accounts and the herzfeld caribbean accounts olds all of the those we spoke of. >> susie: thank you very much tom. or our market monitor tomorrow herzfeld. ming up ononday on "n.b.r." wll bmoniringhoseiscal cliff...
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do you know the fiscal cliff now do you think a lot of americans do you know you think most people are worried i think they are and i think that if i ignore it will go away but nothing's really going to change because the economy is like that you might think it will change but they're going to think about it the resident answer if americans are prepared to dive that's a hate. plus india declares a full scale war on a deadly rotavirus disease which kills the hundreds of thousands of children in the world promising a one dollar vaccine against a baby killer. looking to unite its own hands britain now wants to take the edge off the e.u.'s arms embargo against syria under and says it wants to help rebel groups more buy a greater aid and shipments of military gear that was our teaser sir for us reports the final recipients may not be the ones the u.k. has in mind. well the u.k. foreign office has confirmed this week britain is going to be thinking an amendment to the arms embargo on syria making it easier to help the opponents the syrian president bashar al assad now a foreign office offici
do you know the fiscal cliff now do you think a lot of americans do you know you think most people are worried i think they are and i think that if i ignore it will go away but nothing's really going to change because the economy is like that you might think it will change but they're going to think about it the resident answer if americans are prepared to dive that's a hate. plus india declares a full scale war on a deadly rotavirus disease which kills the hundreds of thousands of children in...
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there are still struggling americans, millions looking for work and what's the fiscal cliff mean for them? >> reporter: okay. we have unemployment at 7.7% last month and mainly went down because people gave up looking for work and jdropped out of th job market and out of work six months or longer. 4.8 million americans, they're the folks worried the most about unemployment benefits not extended after the first of the year. >> as we look at that number, that's staggering for so many. we have a "the washington post" poll that indicates 74% of americans support raising taxes on the top earners in this country. with that support there, the presidential mandate of re-election and the fact he ran on raising taxes if he was given a second term, why is there such this stalemate and trepidation in washington, d.c. to get a deal done? >> reporter: how many hours do we have? let me try it this way. there's a group of hard core tea party republicans but democrats say we won because as your poll shows most americans support the president's position on higher taxes on top earners and seemingly at
there are still struggling americans, millions looking for work and what's the fiscal cliff mean for them? >> reporter: okay. we have unemployment at 7.7% last month and mainly went down because people gave up looking for work and jdropped out of th job market and out of work six months or longer. 4.8 million americans, they're the folks worried the most about unemployment benefits not extended after the first of the year. >> as we look at that number, that's staggering for so many....
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that is a fiscal cliff area. >> closed american bond fundsare over value yelded and they are leveraged and we think the dividends are going to be cut and there is a risk we would just avoid them. >> do you own any of theserecommendations? >> for our discretionaryaccounts we own all of the closed end accounts and the herzfeld caribbean accounts olds all of the those we spoke of. >> susie: thank you very much tom. or our market monitor tomorrow herzfeld. coming up on monday on "n.b.r." we'll be monitoring those fiscal cliff negotiations, and we'll have news and analysis. we'll also a look back at the year in stocks, and s&p's sam stovall joins us to pre-view what's next for the markets in the year ahead. it could be one of the biggest trends in business next year: companies setting aside time for their employees to play. ruben ramirez explains. >> reporter: it may be hard to remember those hot summer days on the playground. the freedom to let your mind wander. how times have changed. as companies slashed jobs during the great recession worker productivity surged, today, many people are d
that is a fiscal cliff area. >> closed american bond fundsare over value yelded and they are leveraged and we think the dividends are going to be cut and there is a risk we would just avoid them. >> do you own any of theserecommendations? >> for our discretionaryaccounts we own all of the closed end accounts and the herzfeld caribbean accounts olds all of the those we spoke of. >> susie: thank you very much tom. or our market monitor tomorrow herzfeld. coming up on...
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the fiscal cliff would affect 27 million american families. there are other parts of this. when you hear about the fiscal cliff, it is not really the tax rate. i do not buy that at all. i do not think we need to increase these tax rates. >> if you go over and the tax rates go up on everyone and all that goes away -- >> i do not think we should do it. i think we should resolve this. it depends on if we do something about it in the next month or two after that. if we do something in 30 days or 90 days and we are clear about that, but nothing people believe we are going to do something until we do it. >> the to go to the broader concern. does the top rate have to end the 39.6% the way it was under bill clinton? could be democrats accept something between if it was coupled with a reduction in the ability on the top 2% to except a reduction of deductions? >> i do not want to second-guess what we might decide. i do not think that is what we should debate the right now. multimillionaires and what deductions they can take is something different. this is where we are. >> that is in
the fiscal cliff would affect 27 million american families. there are other parts of this. when you hear about the fiscal cliff, it is not really the tax rate. i do not buy that at all. i do not think we need to increase these tax rates. >> if you go over and the tax rates go up on everyone and all that goes away -- >> i do not think we should do it. i think we should resolve this. it depends on if we do something about it in the next month or two after that. if we do something in...
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then, despite the looming fiscal cliff, americans are focused as we say on that to-do list. what do you consider are the most pressing economic issues facing the united states today, jobs and unemployment, far and away, number one, 30%, followed by government spending, the budget deficit, and then back to the wages at 11%. 41% saying he their wages or unemployment and then you see the government spending peace. if you look at how this breaks out by republican, democrat, independent, independent and democrats rank jobs higher than wages, and if you look at republics, they rank spending and the deficit. when you go back to this idea of compromise, where are you compromising about? these are very tricky times in terms of creating a working coalition on that issue. compromise -- considering the challenges facing the country, which of the following actions do you believe will to the most to help the country improve? we read three separate purchase to this. -- choices to this. the number one was growing economy and creating jobs through investments, even if that means continued de
then, despite the looming fiscal cliff, americans are focused as we say on that to-do list. what do you consider are the most pressing economic issues facing the united states today, jobs and unemployment, far and away, number one, 30%, followed by government spending, the budget deficit, and then back to the wages at 11%. 41% saying he their wages or unemployment and then you see the government spending peace. if you look at how this breaks out by republican, democrat, independent, independent...
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unfortunately, we're edging closer and closer to the fiscal cliff. american households will see an average tax increase of $3,500 each if congress does not do something to avert the fiscal cliff, in which everything from payroll taxes to full tax rates will go up. >>> and now our fourth story outfront. under attack by hackers. this was pretty incredible because the white house today confirmed that its military office was the target of a cyber attack with a suspected attacker, china. this is the office responsible for the united states of america's nuclear warplane. now, cnn has learned this was an unclassified network which was hit. officials say they dealt with the threat, but these attacks are relentless and the pentagon encounters thousands of them a day. how does washington keep up with this threat? "outfront" tonight, retired colonel cedric leighton. colonel, great to see you. the white house is saying we dealt with this, still, this is the white house. this is an office which is responsible for the united states of america's nuclear war plans h
unfortunately, we're edging closer and closer to the fiscal cliff. american households will see an average tax increase of $3,500 each if congress does not do something to avert the fiscal cliff, in which everything from payroll taxes to full tax rates will go up. >>> and now our fourth story outfront. under attack by hackers. this was pretty incredible because the white house today confirmed that its military office was the target of a cyber attack with a suspected attacker, china....
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freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. >>> welcome back. most of the focus on the fiscal cliff debate has been on the issue of tax increases for the wealthiest americans. but the matter of -- the fact of the matter is unemployed americans will be the ones hardest hit come january 1st if congress fails to act. the great senator bernie sanders of vermont is calling for action. >> we must not fail the unemployed workers of this country now. if congress does not act, it will mean that some 2 million people and their families will really be at a loss as to how to survive economically. >> if an unemployment extension is not included in the fiscal cliff deal, 2.1 million americans will face an immediate loss in federal unemployment insurance. it will result in a cut of $284 a week for the average beneficiary. and that's
freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. >>> welcome back. most of the focus on the fiscal cliff debate has been on the issue of tax increases for the wealthiest americans. but the...
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we are of the fiscal cliff. tonight we will all begin the larger set of tax increases in american history. that is new year's to you from our elected officials. did i also mentioned you are getting a pay raise in the new year as well. all this could have been avoided if congress got its act together, but the doomsday option hit and the president set in motion. there is a chance of some sort of deal, but we have to wait until the new year. let's go directly to washington senior washington correspondent, peter barnes, with details of negotiations. >> reporter: still some pieces being negotiated tonight, particularly on the sequestration, those automatic spending cuts that are supposed to take effect on january 2nd. about $100 billion. about half of that on the past -- defense department. still trying to work through the details of some democratic and republican side. it's unclear if there will actually get to a vote in the senate on that tonight, but they could if they work something out. otherwise we have the fra
we are of the fiscal cliff. tonight we will all begin the larger set of tax increases in american history. that is new year's to you from our elected officials. did i also mentioned you are getting a pay raise in the new year as well. all this could have been avoided if congress got its act together, but the doomsday option hit and the president set in motion. there is a chance of some sort of deal, but we have to wait until the new year. let's go directly to washington senior washington...
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the last day to avert the fiscal cliff before americans plunge head long into smaller paychecks. the u.s. snalt gets back to work right about now. the house has been in session for about an hour now. senate leaders are the ones trying to hammer out a deal picking tax break ceilings, trying to lessen the impact of spending cuts. there are still major obstacles to pass. but this morning we're hearing that progress is being made. we'll have more on that and the fiscal cliff negotiations in a minute. >>> first, i want to show you the rest of the world is ringing in the new year. midnight arrived in asia. they are calling it a pyre tech nick musical. they were scheduled to begin an hour before midnight. hong kong on the top ten places to ring in the new year. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ring in the new year, good morning 2013. we'll continue to monitor all of these celebrations as the day rolls on. the night rolls on in some cases. midnight in the u.s. is the big fiscal cliff deadline. there are two fronts we are watching today. capitol hill and wall street. let's see if there's
the last day to avert the fiscal cliff before americans plunge head long into smaller paychecks. the u.s. snalt gets back to work right about now. the house has been in session for about an hour now. senate leaders are the ones trying to hammer out a deal picking tax break ceilings, trying to lessen the impact of spending cuts. there are still major obstacles to pass. but this morning we're hearing that progress is being made. we'll have more on that and the fiscal cliff negotiations in a...
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. >>> coming up, the fight over the fiscal cliff is putting american jobs at risk. one of these congressional members is lying about the problem. we'll use the newest job numbers to get to the truth next. >>> and republicans in michigan are ramming through antiunion legislation and hurting middle class americans in the process. the people of michigan are outraged. we're talking to lansing, michigan mayor virg bernero. stay tuned. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed >>> welcome back to "the ed show." we told you at the top of the show republicans are dragging their feet to get a tax cut deal with the american people. those republican delays are putting our economic recovery, i think, in some serious neighborhood, dangerous, very dangerous. the good news, though, the latest employment numbers came out this morning. the economy added 146,000 jobs in the month of november. the unemployment rate hit a four-year low. it inched down to 7.7%. here's the bad news. america lost another 7,000 manufacturing jobs last month. overall these job numbers are better than
. >>> coming up, the fight over the fiscal cliff is putting american jobs at risk. one of these congressional members is lying about the problem. we'll use the newest job numbers to get to the truth next. >>> and republicans in michigan are ramming through antiunion legislation and hurting middle class americans in the process. the people of michigan are outraged. we're talking to lansing, michigan mayor virg bernero. stay tuned. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back...
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freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. like gas station sushi. or super cheap car insurance. and then there are good decisions. like esurance. their coverage counselor helps you choose the right coverage for you at a great price. [ stomach growls ] esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >>> welcome back. most of the focus on the fiscal cliff debate has been on the issue of tax increases for the wealthiest americans. but the matter of -- the fact of the matter is unemployed americans will be the ones hardest hit come january 1st if congress fails to act. the gr
freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy...
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but at this late point, some say any chance that congress has of averting the fiscal cliff will take serious late night legislative wrangling. good morning. i'm eric shawn. i'm heather childers in for jamie colby. without a deal the countdown to 2013 also a countdown to smaller pay checks for nearly all americans as the fiscal cliff tax hikes are set to take a bigger bite and the military facing serious cutbacks along with other federal programs that millions of americans count on. >> ed henry live at the white house with the latest on the negotiations. ed, we are really getting down to the wire. what did the president say this morning and will that make a difference? >> good morning, eric. part of what he was doing was putting the onus on republicans. this s his first sunday mornig appearance since 2009. on meet the press. now, pushing a deal on the fiscal cliff. as you noted on capitol hill is where all of the action is right now. the president when he bought the leaders here on friday said they have to try to work something out over the next couple of days and said on "meet the pr
but at this late point, some say any chance that congress has of averting the fiscal cliff will take serious late night legislative wrangling. good morning. i'm eric shawn. i'm heather childers in for jamie colby. without a deal the countdown to 2013 also a countdown to smaller pay checks for nearly all americans as the fiscal cliff tax hikes are set to take a bigger bite and the military facing serious cutbacks along with other federal programs that millions of americans count on. >> ed...
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whether or not americans are worried about the fiscal cliff the bottom line is the media is milking the crap out of the fray while realistically nothing drastic is probably going to happen. india is on its way to making what it sees as being one of the biggest leaps in medicine in modern times is developing a one dollar vaccine for baby killer disease which could help prevent many thousands of deaths. this is india's genome valley inside these quiet sterile labs there's a revolution taking place that could change the world's approach to public health and potentially save the lives of one hundred thousand indian children every year biotech is an indian firm developing a one dollar vaccine against rotavirus a disease which causes diarrhea in and is deadly in the developing world i think also like a new generation of diplomats like us ok moneymaking is also important but them solving that life saving the life of two hundred thousand children is also what a critical a new study shows india is leading the way in treating people in remote areas in battling diseases which are shunned by the bi
whether or not americans are worried about the fiscal cliff the bottom line is the media is milking the crap out of the fray while realistically nothing drastic is probably going to happen. india is on its way to making what it sees as being one of the biggest leaps in medicine in modern times is developing a one dollar vaccine for baby killer disease which could help prevent many thousands of deaths. this is india's genome valley inside these quiet sterile labs there's a revolution taking...
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. >> next, we will continue looking at the fiscal cliff negotiations and how americans would be affected if congress and the white house don't reach a deal. our guest is joseph rosenberg with the tax policy center, followed by a discussion on
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no prescription needed. >>> the fiscal cliff is a battle of ideological wills. some americans feel strongly that increasing taxes on anybody hurts the economy. that's quite possible that's true. the central question is whether it will hurt all that much to raise income taxes a little bit on the highest part of the highest earners in the country. well, to push the country to the edge of a recession over this is quite irresponsible. the increase in taxes will hardly affect the economy, but that's my opinion. and my opinion should count as much as anyone else's. the problem is that in washington right now one person's opinion carries disproportionate weight. that person is grover norquist, the head of americans for tax reforms. it's got a pledge that mostly republicans members of congress signed to say they won't raise taxes under any circumstances. i spoke to nor i didn't see after friday's developments and asked him about taxes and his almost religious belief that tax increases, any tax increase, is bad for the economy. >> we've seen that whenever you've raised t
no prescription needed. >>> the fiscal cliff is a battle of ideological wills. some americans feel strongly that increasing taxes on anybody hurts the economy. that's quite possible that's true. the central question is whether it will hurt all that much to raise income taxes a little bit on the highest part of the highest earners in the country. well, to push the country to the edge of a recession over this is quite irresponsible. the increase in taxes will hardly affect the economy,...
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but now it's fiscal cliff where a lot of americans are going to get hurt. >> what the president has laid out, think he's been very reasonable. we have been balanced. we'll make investments in infrastructure and education that will make us competitive. ened i think that's incumbent now for a slimmer republican majority in the house, slimmer major -- large majority in the senate and the president to actually come together where we can. we all actually agree that we need to keep those tax cuts for people making up $250,000. >> a question for you congressman schock, i think there's some bipartisan agreement that closing loopholes would be a way to go but the problem has been the math you can't get enough to actually fill the hole by simply closing loopho loopholes. >> once again, we have heard about the president's plan to raise taxes on wealth thy individuals as a means to deal with our debt crisis. the reality is, the math doesn't add up. we can't tax our way out of debt. if we have to deliver a calculator the white house in order to get a budget from him that works i'm not willing to go a
but now it's fiscal cliff where a lot of americans are going to get hurt. >> what the president has laid out, think he's been very reasonable. we have been balanced. we'll make investments in infrastructure and education that will make us competitive. ened i think that's incumbent now for a slimmer republican majority in the house, slimmer major -- large majority in the senate and the president to actually come together where we can. we all actually agree that we need to keep those tax...
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so the first three months of the year you have fiscal cliff, debt limit, and appropriations laps all staring the american people in the face. i get it that people are sick of this combat at the same time it is because we ave such an nasa's spending problem is the reason why these things are occurring the way they are. tom: you heard the president come out and talk to the white house press corps. he talked about maintain a middle-class tax cuts. he did not define what that is. maybe it to 50 might be 40500. extend unemployment benefits and the spending cuts will get to those letters. >> here is what is so ironic, the same democrats in 2001 and three railed against the bush tax cuts. now see some salvation in them because they are what is propping up the economy right now. beyond the ironic part of this, look, not only do you have that tax policy expiring and the sequestration pending on january 2nd, but we have also got a lot of taxes kicking in january 1st which will pack a mighty big wallop. this is the perfect trifecta of bad things happening to the economy all at once. no one is t
so the first three months of the year you have fiscal cliff, debt limit, and appropriations laps all staring the american people in the face. i get it that people are sick of this combat at the same time it is because we ave such an nasa's spending problem is the reason why these things are occurring the way they are. tom: you heard the president come out and talk to the white house press corps. he talked about maintain a middle-class tax cuts. he did not define what that is. maybe it to 50...
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freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lun
freddie haines on the millions of americans who stand to suffer when we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> and when it comes to "django chained," i'm with sarah silverman. >> i think you can't really tell art what to do. >> dr. james peterson joins me tonight to talk about the movie spike lee is calling disrespectful. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly...
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his latest is an animated video called "fiscal cliff." americans are visiting the doctor less often. that's when health care premiums aren't rising much. that is on the rundown. all that and more on our website all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at new census numbers on the number of americans living in poverty. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by m
his latest is an animated video called "fiscal cliff." americans are visiting the doctor less often. that's when health care premiums aren't rising much. that is on the rundown. all that and more on our website all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at new census numbers on the number of americans living in poverty. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online,...
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cliff." instead, he put the blame squarely on senate democrats and the president. >> i'm not confident at all. listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >> sreenivasan: negotiations on avoiding the cuts are not expected until after the november elections. in the meantime, the moody's rating agency said today it will likely cut its triple-a credit rating on u.s. government bonds, if the budget talks fail. wall street managed to move ahead today, recouping some monday's losses. the dow jones industrial average gained 69 points to close at 13,232. the nasdaq rose half a point to close at 3104. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we head back to chicago, and the national spotlight focused on a teacher's strike in the nation's third largest schoo
cliff." instead, he put the blame squarely on senate democrats and the president. >> i'm not confident at all. listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >> sreenivasan: negotiations on avoiding the cuts are not expected until after the november elections. in the...
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people hours before we plunge off the fiscal cliff. with no plan and no apparent hope. but here we are ande have got to do something. if we're as determined to go over the cliff as we seem, we've got to do something to soften theanding because at the bottom of the fiscal cliff, our our -- are immediate and massive tax increases, deep and indiscriminate spending cuts and the risk of another recession. so as we come down on the final hours, we have two choices -- to do nothing and cause an unbelievable amount of hardship for our fellow americans or to do something to reduce the suffering inflicted on our citizens by an inflexible political system. mr. president, i choose to do mething, so today i'm introducing the calm act which stands for the cliff alleviation at the last minute act. the calm act will do three important things. it will soften the financial blow of the fiscal cliff. it will calm our financial markets. it gives us the certainty of a plan now but allows us if we ever find the courage to pursue the fiscal grand barga that h
people hours before we plunge off the fiscal cliff. with no plan and no apparent hope. but here we are ande have got to do something. if we're as determined to go over the cliff as we seem, we've got to do something to soften theanding because at the bottom of the fiscal cliff, our our -- are immediate and massive tax increases, deep and indiscriminate spending cuts and the risk of another recession. so as we come down on the final hours, we have two choices -- to do nothing and cause an...
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. >> this whole metaphor we've been using about a fiscal cliff probably isn't the right one to be used. after all, if you go over a cliff, you usually don't get to live to tell about it unless you're batman or spider-man, but there are things that actually would happen right away and one of those things that would be right away in a negative impact would be unemployment benefits and 2 million americans would see the unemployment benefits and that would hurt the economy and that would hurt these people that are relying on this and the unemployment insurance has been seen as economic stimulus to get hands into the money of people who need it and they were things that actually get spread over the course of 2013 if there is no fix that is actually done and it is possible for congress to go back and fix things and talking about the increase of tax rates and there will also be spending cuts to government programs as well as the military and that will be spread over with 2013 and the world doesn't come to an end if we go over this quote, unquote, fiscal cliff and instead, a lot of the damage
. >> this whole metaphor we've been using about a fiscal cliff probably isn't the right one to be used. after all, if you go over a cliff, you usually don't get to live to tell about it unless you're batman or spider-man, but there are things that actually would happen right away and one of those things that would be right away in a negative impact would be unemployment benefits and 2 million americans would see the unemployment benefits and that would hurt the economy and that would hurt...
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of talking about the catastrophic consequences of going over the fiscal cliff, you see people now at the white house, on the hill, in both parties talking about it as a slope, not a cliff. that there will be a deal early in the new year if not one by new year's eve. so i think clearly both sides think it is now likely that we'll go over the cliff and that they want to argue it's not so catastrophic. in fact, as you say, especially for a liberal democrats they see some advantages to going over the cliff, blaming republicans and starting with kind of hitting the reset button when it comes to this debate. >> well, you had apparently democrats giving in on the estate tax. yesterday we saw that the republicans withdrew their demands on social security but now you have i mean what is arguably a much more difficult negotiation which is over concessions on the sequester. you know, if this doesn't get done is that what the holdup is going to be? or is it just going to be a whole myriad of things? >> i think it would be a myriad of things but certainly a sequester is a concern for members of b
of talking about the catastrophic consequences of going over the fiscal cliff, you see people now at the white house, on the hill, in both parties talking about it as a slope, not a cliff. that there will be a deal early in the new year if not one by new year's eve. so i think clearly both sides think it is now likely that we'll go over the cliff and that they want to argue it's not so catastrophic. in fact, as you say, especially for a liberal democrats they see some advantages to going over...
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. >>> coming up, the fight over the fiscal cliff is putting american jobs at risk. one of these congressional members is lying about the problem. we'll use the newest job numbers to get to the truth next. >>> and republicans in michigan are ramming through antiunion legislation and hurting middle class americans in the process. the people of michigan are outraged. we're talking to lansing, michigan's mayor. we're right back. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. ve a cold,nouncer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a deconges
. >>> coming up, the fight over the fiscal cliff is putting american jobs at risk. one of these congressional members is lying about the problem. we'll use the newest job numbers to get to the truth next. >>> and republicans in michigan are ramming through antiunion legislation and hurting middle class americans in the process. the people of michigan are outraged. we're talking to lansing, michigan's mayor. we're right back. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that...
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an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff must give economic certainty to middle of-class families. it must protect american families still struggling from this resession. it must take a balanced approach to reduce spending but must also ask the richest of the rich to pay a little bit extra. any balance agreement will require difficult concessions from both sides. mr. president, i said "both sides." clinging to the kind of ideological purity that grover norquist peddles is easy. cooperating with those you disagree with is hard. legislating is hard. as we approach the fiscal cliff, democrats are ready to make those tough choices. i hope my republican freandzs, theespecially those who claim ty put mo claim before their pledge can say the same. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday i came to the floor to discuss what's known as the fiscal cliff, a mix of automatic tax hikes and defense cuts that are set to hit at the end of the year jeopardizing our security as well as our economy. my message was pretty simple. a solution i
an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff must give economic certainty to middle of-class families. it must protect american families still struggling from this resession. it must take a balanced approach to reduce spending but must also ask the richest of the rich to pay a little bit extra. any balance agreement will require difficult concessions from both sides. mr. president, i said "both sides." clinging to the kind of ideological purity that grover norquist peddles is easy....
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the tax rates went up went over the fiscal cliff wall of the ta rates went up on every single american, we would still have a deficit twice as large as the largest bush deficit. we are spending a trillion more a year than we were five years ago. we have to resolve dhou we continue to spend this money. we can wrap around how we get this spending down no amount of taxation is going to solve the problem. >> why is it there's a reluctance to identify where the spending cuts should go? no one wants to talk about the sacred entitlements but at some point we have to. if we are spending a trillion dollars a year and if the revenues are offset by the spending recommended by the president our grandchildren will be held hostage. >> get everybody back to work. we did not pay for the cost of the war. president bush should have done that. both were declared during his administration. that cost is enormous. huge pay out to health insurance unemployment compensation and so forth because the wholly con me went to pot. of course spending would go up. having responsible legislation is so important. it st
the tax rates went up went over the fiscal cliff wall of the ta rates went up on every single american, we would still have a deficit twice as large as the largest bush deficit. we are spending a trillion more a year than we were five years ago. we have to resolve dhou we continue to spend this money. we can wrap around how we get this spending down no amount of taxation is going to solve the problem. >> why is it there's a reluctance to identify where the spending cuts should go? no one...
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you talk about the greek fiscal cliff. we have our own and people here say we could be the next greece. how does that make you feel when you hear that kind of talk from american politicians, american business people, american citizens? >> extremely worrisome because you represent 25% of the global economy whereas greece, which wasn't the cause of the european crisis, only represents 2% of the european gdp. so if you guys were to actually have such deep problems, then it would mean problems for everyone globally and no one would want that. i'm sure that you'll be able to find the right solution by the end of december. >> let us hope. mr. michalos, thank you very much. sue? >>> thank you, ty. two big winners in that $587 million record powerball lottery. but how much do you really need to earn to make you happy? the answer may surprise you. >>> and before you fill up your tank with gas, listen up. aaa is warning regulators to stop sales of a certain type of fuel at the pump because it could damage your car and void your car
you talk about the greek fiscal cliff. we have our own and people here say we could be the next greece. how does that make you feel when you hear that kind of talk from american politicians, american business people, american citizens? >> extremely worrisome because you represent 25% of the global economy whereas greece, which wasn't the cause of the european crisis, only represents 2% of the european gdp. so if you guys were to actually have such deep problems, then it would mean...